Five girls earn All-America recognition for a second time in their high school careers.
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Awards: 2024 United Soccer Coaches Fall High School Boys and Girls All-America Teams
Among the 141 High School All-Americans , eight boys and four girls were selected for a second time, and four girls a third time.
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Awards: 2022 Players of the Year (College, high school and youth)
United Soccer Coaches announced men’s and women’s, boys and girls player of the year awards across nine levels of American soccer. The NCAA Division 1 players of the year will be announced on Jan. 6 as MAC Hermann Trophy recipients. Youth BoysMarcos Moore (Rise SC, Sugarland, Texas) Youth Girls Mia Bhuta (Internationals SC, Mt. Lebanon, […]
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Lee Jarrell on high school soccer's massive impact and her mission to support its coaches
Several years ago, a referee told one of Lee Jarrell’s players to remove the beads from her new hairstyle. Jarrell appealed, but the official stood firm. Sorrowfully, the girl’s mother stripped all the beads out. Jarrell never forgot that “awful” incident. In February – in her new role as United Soccer Coaches’ first-ever high school […]
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Return to play: Oregon moves soccer from fall to late winter
The Oregon School Activities Association became the latest high school association to shut down fall sports when its executive board voted Wednesday to move fall sports, including boys and girlssoccer, to a March start. The new schedule follows that of other states shifting seasons: high school sports will be jammed into six months: winter sports […]
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High school comeback guidelines raise complex questions (Part 2)
The soccer coach came off the field, soaked in sweat. It was hot.He’d just run a unique session, training a small group of players who remained six feet apart at all times. Afterward, he wiped down cones. He could not have been happier. It washis first time on the field with his club team – […]
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How will high school soccer proceed? The NFHS provides three-phase guidelines (Part 1)
No one yet knows if there will be high school soccer this coming year. But if there is, one thing is certain: It won’t look anything like the high school soccer of years past. The National Federation of State High School Associations – the body that governs public school sports in the U.S., through 51 […]
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The high school view (Part 2): How coaches can raise their game during the pandemic interruption
Spring high school soccer seasons are over before they began. Fall seasons seem increasingly imperiled – at least the way we’re used to. What’s a high school soccer coach to do? Plenty. Although the loss of high school soccer has devastated coaches and players around the country, COVID-19 provides a few opportunities for coaches to […]
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Awards: United Soccer Coaches (High School & Youth Coaches)
High School Boys’ National Coaches of the Year Large School: David Greene, Walt Whitman (Md.) Small School: RonaldOvercast, Worland (Wyo.) Private/Parochial School: James See, Academy of Holy Angels (Minn.) 2019 High School Girls’ NationalCoaches of the Year Large School: Brigid Meadow, Vestavia Hills (Ala.) Small School: Eugene Jefferson, Clinton (Okla.) Private/Parochial School:Theresa Hirschauer, Cincinnati Country […]
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What They're Saying: Sally Marquez
“In the past two weeks, I have received countless emails about fan behavior in soccer. Along with a couple of emails from officials who have resigned. We are at a crisis.” –New Mexico Activities Association executive director Sally Marquez in a letter to coaches and athletic directors on the lack of referees for high school […]